From: Ray Strode <halfline@gmail.com>
To: Max Staudt <mstaudt@suse.de>
Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, michal@markovi.net,
b.zolnierkie@samsung.com, sndirsch@suse.com, oneukum@suse.com,
tiwai@suse.com, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
"Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
philm@manjaro.org, bernhard.rosenkranzer@linaro.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 03/13] bootsplash: Flush framebuffer after drawing
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:01:24 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAA_UwzLoTDQMJUWTZq-U=crNpAKmc5DpBNwJtr3DOO2ywaTD7g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8036b6a6-6ed5-2f34-e854-1c397a9f34d4@suse.de>
Hi,
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Max Staudt <mstaudt@suse.de> wrote:
> I'm hooking into the in-kernel terminal emulator, because the bootsplash is a
> functional extension of that. It just happens that fbcon sits on top of FB, so I
> work with what I get.
>
> And the console in turn happens to work on all FB and KMS drivers, so it
> makes users of all kinds of drivers happy. In fact, that's why the FB emulation
> in KMS drivers came to be in the first place, if I remember right - to ensure
> fbcon continues to work.
But what about multi-monitor? what about hidpi screens? Ideally you want
each monitor to show the splash in a way that best fits that monitor.
You can't do that if you're drawing all over fbcon... and it's not like multiple
monitors and 4k screens are niche these days.
--Ray
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Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-13 19:47 [RFC PATCH v2 00/13] Kernel based bootsplash Max Staudt
2017-12-13 19:47 ` [RFC PATCH v2 01/13] bootsplash: Initial implementation showing black screen Max Staudt
2017-12-13 23:55 ` Randy Dunlap
2017-12-14 15:37 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-13 19:47 ` [RFC PATCH v2 02/13] bootsplash: Add file reading and picture rendering Max Staudt
2017-12-13 19:47 ` [RFC PATCH v2 03/13] bootsplash: Flush framebuffer after drawing Max Staudt
2017-12-13 21:35 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-12-14 15:36 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-19 12:23 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-12-19 13:34 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-19 13:57 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-12-19 14:07 ` Oliver Neukum
2017-12-31 12:53 ` Alan Cox
2018-01-03 18:04 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-19 15:41 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-19 16:02 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-12-19 16:23 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-20 9:45 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-12-19 16:09 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-12-19 16:26 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-19 21:01 ` Ray Strode [this message]
2017-12-20 13:14 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-20 15:35 ` Ray Strode
2017-12-20 16:52 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-13 19:47 ` [RFC PATCH v2 04/13] bootsplash: Add corner positioning Max Staudt
2017-12-13 19:47 ` [RFC PATCH v2 05/13] bootsplash: Add animation support Max Staudt
2017-12-13 19:47 ` [RFC PATCH v2 06/13] vt: Redraw bootsplash fully on console_unblank Max Staudt
2017-12-13 19:47 ` [RFC PATCH v2 07/13] vt: Add keyboard hook to disable bootsplash Max Staudt
2017-12-13 19:47 ` [RFC PATCH v2 08/13] sysrq: Disable bootsplash on SAK Max Staudt
2017-12-13 19:47 ` [RFC PATCH v2 09/13] fbcon: Disable bootsplash on oops Max Staudt
2017-12-13 19:47 ` [RFC PATCH v2 10/13] Documentation: Add bootsplash main documentation Max Staudt
2017-12-13 19:47 ` [RFC PATCH v2 11/13] bootsplash: sysfs entries to load and unload files Max Staudt
2017-12-13 19:47 ` [RFC PATCH v2 12/13] tools/bootsplash: Add a basic splash file creation tool Max Staudt
2017-12-13 19:47 ` [RFC PATCH v2 13/13] tools/bootsplash: Add script and data to create sample file Max Staudt
2017-12-13 19:52 ` [RFC PATCH v2 00/13] Kernel based bootsplash Max Staudt
2017-12-19 16:16 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-12-19 17:04 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-19 17:26 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-12-19 18:40 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-20 9:43 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-12-20 10:06 ` Neil Armstrong
2017-12-20 10:14 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-12-20 14:55 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-20 15:11 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-12-20 15:19 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-12-20 15:22 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-12-20 16:23 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-20 16:15 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-31 12:44 ` Alan Cox
2018-01-03 18:00 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-20 14:16 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-20 14:10 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-31 12:35 ` Alan Cox
2018-01-03 17:56 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-19 20:30 ` Ray Strode
2017-12-20 13:03 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-20 15:21 ` Ray Strode
2017-12-20 16:44 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-21 14:51 ` Ray Strode
2017-12-21 16:32 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-20 11:08 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2017-12-20 11:22 ` Daniel Stone
2017-12-20 12:48 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2017-12-29 17:13 ` Jani Nikula
2018-01-03 17:38 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-21 9:48 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-12-21 16:52 ` Max Staudt
2017-12-21 15:00 ` Philip Müller
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